Baseball Continues Horrid Stretch Against Binghamton

There are only so many ways to say it: UMBC can’t hit right now, or pitch, or even play good defense. It’s another trying year for the once proud baseball team. Just two years ago the team looked to be on the way up after making the America East Conference Tournament. Last year, after losing a lot of seniors and reloading with freshman they struggled but looked to have the basis for a solid future, but this year that theory has gone out the window. Injuries are a big reason that the baseball team has struggled of the last few years. Ed Bach went from being a pitcher who threw in the mid-90′s as a freshman and attracted scout to every outing to an average college pitcher while Marty Zawacki and David Divita went from the highly touted pitching duo that would shut down batters and win a championship to guys who are used sparingly if at all. Luck is part of the game and over the past few years UMBC’s baseball team just hasn’t had much and with the bad luck the team has just continually been outclassed in conference play.

Game 1: BU 18, UMBC 1

Ed Bach lasted just 3.2 innings before being pulled off the mound. In that time he struggled, giving up 12 runs off nine hits while striking out just one batter. But the defense did not help him out either. While Binghamton University scored 12 runs off Bach, he was responsible for just four as the defense recorded three errors.

On the offensive side of things the team just managed five hits, totaling one run, which came from Brian Klukowicz.

Game 2: BU 7, UMBC, 0

In the last two seasons Kevin Clark has been one of those pitchers who just does not get any run support. He fell to 0-7 on the season despite giving up just three runs off six hits in seven innings of work. Once again UMBC just could not get the runs to help his effort out as BU pitchers Mike Augliera and Matt Simone combined for just a three hit shutout.

Brian Klukowicz recorded two of those hits but nobody could bring him around for a score.